Best Teen Comedy movies that are oscar winners or nominees

Splash(1984)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A young man is reunited with a mermaid who saves him from drowning as a boy and falls in love not knowing who/what she is.



Hook(1991)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 55

When Captain Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy.



In & Out(1997)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.



Peggy Sue Got Married(1986)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 55

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.



Little Big Man(1970)

Combined Rating:
59
Combined Critics Rating: 48

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.



American Graffiti(1973)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 26

A couple of high school grads spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.



Unstrung Heroes(1995)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 51

Steven Lidz, unhappy with his home life since his mother got sick, goes and lives with his two crazy Uncles. There he changes and gets closer to his Uncles, but his parents want him home ...



Paper Moon(1973)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 23

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.



Steel Magnolias(1989)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.



Radio Days(1987)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.



Tumbleweeds(1999)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 38

A woman constantly runs from town to town with her 12 year old daughter to escape failed relationships. The film opens with one escape and the shift into a new start in San Diego. There Mom...



Hope and Glory(1987)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A semi-autobiographical project by John Boorman about a nine year old boy called Bill as he grows up in London during the blitz of World War 2. For a young boy, this time in history was ...



The Goodbye Girl(1977)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 16

After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.



A Little Romance(1979)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A French boy (Daniel) and an American girl (Lauren), who goes to school in Paris, meet and begin a little romance. They befriend Julius who enchants them with his storytelling. In an ...



A Thousand Clowns(1965)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 13

A middle-aged iconoclast, doggedly avoiding the tedium of employment and conventional life, faces the prospect of losing custody of his young ward.



Wild in the Streets(1968)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A young man gains significant political influence as the leader of a counterculture rock band with his rallying cry of voting rights for teenagers.



Georgy Girl(1966)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 8

A homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged employer while striving to capture some of the glamorous life of her swinging London roommate.



The Reivers(1969)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 4

In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.



The Sterile Cuckoo(1969)

Combined Rating:
10
Combined Critics Rating: 6

Two students from neighboring colleges in upstate New York are swept up in a tragic romantic interlude calling for a maturity of vision beyond their experience of capabilities. Pookie Adams...



High Time(1960)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Widower and hamburger restaurateur Harvey Howard decides to go to college at 51 years of age. Resisting the easy path, he insists on not receiving preferential treatment, and lives in a ...




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